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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-19
The Incendiary's Torch.
THE NEGROES BAND TOGETHER IN AID OF
RAvIsHER.

A Raleigh special to the Atlanta
Constitution of the 18th inst says that
ten days ago negro named Albert
Tabor attempted to outrage promi-
nent lady of Oxford, during her hus-
bands absence at night, and nearly
succeeded. He was captured two days
ago and was tried before a magistrate.
He was held on two charges, burglary
and an attempt to commit rape
Threats of lynching were made by the
white people. The negroes made
threats that if Tabor was hanged they
would burn the town. This occurred
yesterday. At I o'clock this morning
Il fire broke out in the best part Of the
town. and burned out twenty-three
trims, or about $780, 900; insurance
about S35, 900. This morning Tabor
was taken from Oxford by an armed
guard and brought to this city. II &C.
reached here this morning and is N
Jail.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-19
MOTHERSt

to the surfa,pt NtnTfICpSR
to the surfat's tAkAAs0
ultation, but
the water
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cable and tol or ilie kl'e, We have
They fasten ,sSimere suits q, the rldi,lU,
excitement oe
the electric
were real
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hat was lit -woeru-
s he guns sou = S. S. AMI ST,
continents v
friends, Sa' -
come searcl ~ l''es ''',''s, S-'tSS :" 10
have swept II
kook of Oh
we have thou
began . TsisS3, 81, s.. ana up.
again into 1na,P Az
sin ;1a =; To-day GS,, y s., s., and up.
Christ first {
left in you,wl ola Hong Pants. al GS
looking to see
and eangek
and oh. il nov ID a,
love, and hop i''''s AZ :" WAS . t"'''
q shout that 4 f..-,.,,,-, p..ts u.l.,a,,
ments of heav - "'',> A''s''
jubilee becaus t. IS Is'ir. NOW a the
tween Christ IS a pair. llisher prscsSi
that has been :. -.
has been lifted
the Gospel of Hats anl Gents, Fur.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-19
NIL Ter Bros. STEEL PENS

TTIl BEST IN USE.
se7 not f'r sac by al dealers, W. will mai
"a. a. q = IN - boxes Off dozeJ sach, o.
req. .ltti CO..
r''c'l Pens. hrxea. dos. each, eo.41
L--.aes, 2 iu''s. 4 hos-s. Dc :. each, as
iam Il Eu-2 Rps ulgyJ o. EnaA o.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-19


The following from Boston letter
in the New York Freeman, concerning
the new teacher at Livingstone College.
may interest our readers:
''Miss Hattie l.. Smith, daughte
If ex-Representative John } smith,
has been unanimously chosen by The
iaculty of Zion Wesley Coll &c, Sails
aury, N. G., teacher in that
institution. Miss Smith is one of tn
,tost thoroughly educated young la
di $ in Boston. She graduated It Oh
Normal School last June in larg
class. she being the only. colored stu
lent in the whole school, She tool
first position in her class and left ;a-
institution with high houors. Mis-
Smith leaves Boston for Salisbury
Wednesday evening the 9tF. II
Clinton Literary Association gave hen
a farewell reception at her resilem
IN Tuesday evening. a handsome haoa
was presented her aud there wer
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
The Home of n Hunter.

Rafe Wiley's cabin was almost as print
tive as the abode of Adam; there was
more out doors about it than anything
else. It's logs, slightly notched together
ut the four corners, only fenced about a
bit Of space. The roof neither compelled
the smoke to remain inside, nor the rain
outside of it and the floor was rs free a
piece Of uncovered earth as ever mortal
trod. The inference might be drawn that
Rafe was furnishing it on an installment
plan, differing from the usual n in that
instead Of paying for goods by piecsmeal,
he obtained pieces of goods as he paid;
for there was a bed lacking post, a back
less rocking chair, three-fourths of q table,
two-thirds Of n stool and fractions Of other
articles doing duty in whatever capacity
necessity demanded, regardless Of their
fitness.
There were indisputable evidences Of a
woman having once resided there, consist
ing of a calico skirt, and a sun bonnet
hanging from a peg and three ruddy,
ragged dirty bits Of humanity, from all
dress appearances as yet unclassified as to
sex, or separated from the life Of the dog
part of the family. The presence Of the
sun bonnet and absence Of the woman in
Dictated beyond donbt to me that she had
eloped in the night. / never mentioned
the matter to Rafe, but it was told me in
a matter of course way by q native that
'she'd gone of with another Teller" The
world in general would go on just as well
with Rafe Wiley out of it as in, but to me
he was a treasure because of his detached
existence from anything save idleness and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Catching Bats at Midnight.

A reporter, browsing about between
midnight and i o'clock the other morning,
saw a man standing near one Of the cleo
trio light posts on Washington street way
ing a long horsewhip back and forth high
above his head. He had i fishhook on the
end of the whip, to which was attached a
moth miller, and he explained that with
this bait he captured the bats that were
foraging among tie insects around the
electric light. He. said he got half a dol
lar apiece for them, and hat he had al
ready caught seven that night. He sold
them to the taxidermists, and said that
he could get more for them in Boston.
He spoke of hiring a man to help him, as
he could catch enough then to pay him for
shipping them to Boston. He caught two
while the reporter remained to watch the
operation, and he picked them off the hook
ard put them in a bag that he Carried
slung across his shoulder. Providence
Journal.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
FOWLER & COAD, ATTORNEYS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
T~EpRvTOpY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
Il Custer, IS.
Samuel A. coats

TEPRvTOpY OF DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
Il Custer, IS.
Samuel a. coats
VS..
William W. Chall-
is and Ward A..
Hepburn.
Notice * hereby given, that by virtue OF an
execution 10 ne directed and delivered. and now
in my hands, issued out of the Clerks oiiice ol
the First .)udicia District Court, territory oi
Dakota. in and for the County Of Custer, upon a
judgment rendered In said court IN favor OF
Samuel II. Goats, and against William W. Challls
and Ward 4. HepburR, l have levied upon the
following described real property OF SAD de-
PENDANT, William w. Ctiallis, tc-wit: The south
east quarter of section four III township number
three, south OF range number nine, east Hlack
Hills meridian. County OF Custer, Ierfl,ory Oh
Dakota, and all improvements thereon.
And that | shall, on Monday, the 3ist day OF
October. A. ID. 1887, AT the hour of 10 O'Clock
a. m. OF said day, at the front door of the court
house I'm Custer City, in said county ana terri
tory, proceed to sell all the right, title and inter
est of the above named Wlllj""l W. Challis, IN
and 10 the above described property 10 satisfy
said Judgment and costs, amounting 10 Ave hun
dred and thirty-cight dollars and sNty-ive cents,
together with ali accruing costs OF sale, and IL
terest on the same from the 9th day of july,
1887, at public auction, To the highest bidder Tor
cash.
Dated at Custer CITY, Oak, the 10Th day OF
September. 1887.
FOWLER & CoAp, Plaintiff IS Attorneys.
BENZ. i. PORTER,
Sheriff of the County OF Custer.
First publication, October lst.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

AS showing the prec~ociousness Of the
average Kansas small boy, the following
true story will, we know, be appreciated.
Miss Fletcher organized a Band of Hope
at one of our churches, and during the
ceremonies she had all the small boys
drawn up in a row and gave them a lee
ture on the evils Of intemperance. AS the
bright little faces before her beamed with
delight at the telling blows she admins
tered to the king alcohol, she became en-
thusiastic and closed with an eloquent
peroration as follows: Eyes, boys, milk
and water will not hurt us. They are
natural drinks, fresh from the hand of
God, but how do we get alcohol" Paus-
ing a few moments, more for effect than
a reply, she was just about to proceed
when she was interrupted by q genuine
little Kansan Of z summers, who, in a
voice clear and distinct, replied, "Sign an
application. "-Kinsley Mercury.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

Poor indeed must be the creole family
without one retainer of color, and almost
every household provides for some old and
useless pensioners with affectionate inter-
est. Creole servants are invaluable, their
training having been thorough; and in al
most every instance they remained with
their old mistresses, often working when
there was no money to pay their wage,
often assuming extra work to make a few
picayunes to help their beloved ''white
people" Creole housekeepers manage to
keep servants, even the ervan of the
new d~ispensation, while their American
sisters In the same city are wasting their
substance in advertisements, or wearing
out footgear tramping from one employ.
ment bureau to the other. Creoles accord
certain privileges TO their servants which
Americans refuse. Creole children are
taught from babyhood p~oliteness to SER
wants, and American children are permit
ted to jeer, to worry and to insult them
Harper's Bazaar.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Where They Were Born.

Some time after the war Gen. Critten.
den met three eX-Confederate officers at
dinner, and they became very friendly.
Major said Gen. Crittcnden to one
OF them, ''where were you born?'
"Well," said the major, getting a little
red, II was born, sir, in Nantucket, Mass,
but you see / lived ten years in the south,
and ! married a southern lady, and as all
my interests were in the south Of course
/ fought for them"
"And where were you bornp' he asked
the second.
"Well, sir, / was born in Nantucket,
Mass, but I'd lived in the south twenty
years, and Of course''-
II see" said the general, turning to the
third. Colonel, where were you born?'
81 was born in Nantucket, Mass, too.
but I'd been thirty years in the south,
and''-
THAT'S curious, isn't it?"
"Tell ne, general, - said one of them,
"where were you born?"
"Well, / was born in Huntsville, Ala,
but lived in the north for many years,
and l fought for the Union. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Lord OF All He gurveya.

In his sphere every railroad official IL
lord of all he surveys-or he appears to
be, at any rate, to the great and lear pub
lie. He may be wrong at times, but if he
IL he won't admit it. Go 10 the MiikadO
like general manager Of the road and
enter your complaint. You will be re-
ceived courteously by the high function
airy, but he will never admit to you that
his inferior officer, to whose action you
have taken exception, is wrong. If he
believes the error is the fault of the minor
official he will not say SO, but will wait
till you have departed. The satellite Is
then summoned TO the presence of the
great luminary, and in the seclusion of O
very narrow confinement the dim light is
snuffed out by the bright one, and it is
then that he realizes of how small impor-
lance he is to the great corporation, any
way.
Once out OF the presence Of the mana
gerial luminary the minor light blazes
forth again and his friends or the public
at large never dream that his brilliancy
has been dimmed for an instant. In the
language Of a general manager who has
grown gray in the business and who
worked his way up from the lowly office
of fireman Of an engine to his present Of
fetal attitudes: 1T never pays to belittle
or humiliate an officer in public, no mat
ter how culpable he may be. IL you
would preserve discipline, let those who
have places on the lower round Of the
ladder have nothing but respect for them
above. This respect cannot be com
manded and retained by an officer who,
by his superior, has been reprimanded in
public. If you put q boy in a mans
place make a man of the boy. "-Chicago
| Herald.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

The use of oil to calm the sea during
a storm, or at least to check the force Of
big waves, has apparently acquired recog-
milton as a scientific truth. At any rate
the experiment tried by shipmasters. as
recorded on the monthly pilot charts issued
from the photographic office of the navy
department, have been generally success
full. Mariners have, in fact, been led to try
their experiments by the frequent publica-
ton Of information concerning the prac-
tice, and mechanics have also been led to
contrive devices by means of which the
oil can be thrown from the bows of ships.
There have also been prepared several
combinations of animal, vegetable and
mineral oils especially for use as quieting
agents in storms at sea.-Boston Tran
scrint.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

49,
l. Custer, SIS.
James s.. Finney and
Lewellyn Williams
VS..
Frederick Helm,
Notice Is hereby given, that by virtue or al
execution To me directed and delivered, and nov
in my hands, issued out of the clerks office 81
the First Judicial District Court, Territory ol
Dakota, in and for the county OF caster. upon q
Judgment rendered in said court IN fav0r OF
James b. Finney and Lcwellyn Williams, co
partners, and a. ainst Frederick Helm, ! nave
levied upon the following described real property
Of said defendant, to-wit: All the rigilt, tltl'
ana interest Of the above named ueicndalt, III
aud To lot thirty-two (32), block elnNen N.lrt 70
gether with the buildings theron situate, III tne
town of Buffalo Gap, County Oh tus'er ana
Territory ~ Dakota, az shown on the ollcial
register OF dee Is oi said county and territory.
And, that ! shall, on Monday, the 9TH day
December, A. ID. 1897, at the hour OF 10 O'Clock
u. H., OF said day, at the front door OF the court
house in Custer CAY, i said county and terri
ory, proceed To sell all the right, title and inter
81 OF the above named defendant, Frederick
icinl, IN and 10 the above described property.
to satisfy said judgment and costs, amounting 10
ole hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety
pinc cents, together with MI accruing costs %
sale, and interest on the same from the 22nd day
VI September, 1887, NJ public auction, 10 the
highest bidder for cash.
Dated at Custer City, the 23rd day OF Septem'
Der. 1887,
w. ii. FRYE, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
RIM. II. PORTER,
Sheriff OF Custer County. II. I.
First publication, October %, 1887.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Naples, Institution for the Blind.

Some Of the theories put in practice, in
defiance of common sense, by men whom
the state supports and the public applauds,
would be boundlessly ludicrous il their
results were not pitifully sad. For
instance, the superintendent of a large and
richly endowed institution for the blind ut
Naples maintains that all sightless persons
should be kept in utter ignorance of sight;
that in justice and mercy they should
never be allowed to know what they miss
that is, should never be permitted to
meet, either in their specially prepared
literature or conversation, any reference
whatever to light, color, or any purely
visible phenomena; in short, should never
be told of anything which they cannot
themselves hear, taste or touch; should
live in vast cloister like asylums, sup
ported by charity, strangers to every ex
p~erience Of actual life-pictures, scenery,
sight itself, to them unknown, even by
name. Following this theory out to its
logical conclusion, it Is difficult TO compre-
bend how any brain outside a madhouse
could conceive it, still less harbor it for a
moment; yet upward of 300 wretches are
today being educated, as it is termed, in
accordance with this theory.-Edward B.
Perry in The Century.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
CONGREGATIONAL Church.
SUM MER NOON.
The air tx full OF soothing sounds The

The air is full Of soothing sounds. The bee,
Within the waxen lily's honeyed cells,
In monotone Of mellow measure tells
His yet unsated joyance; drowsily
The swallows spill their liquid melody
AS down the sky they drop, and family swells
The tremulous twinkle Of the far sheep bells,
While wind harps sigh In every crowned tree.
Beneath the beachen shade the reapers lie,
Upon their lips a merry harvest tune;
Knee deep within a neighboring stream the
kline
Stand blinking idly in the clear sunshine:
And like a dream OF olden Already
Seems the sweet languor Of the summer noon.
Clinton Scotland IN Times Democrat.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
OverpOpulated London.

The population Of Great Britain is at
the present moment being added to at the
rate of at least 1000 persons a day, or in
words of the registrar general, 'It re-
ceives every ten years an excess equal to
the whole population of London" In
connection with this enormous growth
two points deserve to be noted. The dis
proportion of the sexes, in itself n serious
evil, is slowly but steadily increasing.
This distribution of the population is un-
dergoing a sensible change. The towns
except where some special cause is at
work-are everywhere growing. The ru-
raj population is either standing still or
actually diminishing. The metropolis
alone receives every week an addition of
more than 1000 persons, and the cry is,
'Still they come!'-London Letter.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
VAN CIsE & WILSON, ATTORNEYS.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

rTERRITORY, OF DAKOTA, FIRST JUDI.
l. cial District, IS. In the District Court
within and for Custer County.
Edwin Van else, Plaintiff,
vs.,
The Penobscot Mining Co,
john Fortune, Isaac Il.
Hammond, and NJ. Hol-
comb, whose fun name is
to piaintiif unknown,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of a indg.
ant of Foreclosure and Sale in the above entitled
tction o. the second day Of August, A. d.. 1887,
md an execution issued upon said Judgment, the
subscriber, Benjamin Il. Porter, sheriff Of Custer
'onntyi, dakota jEEi "a, T e for that purpose ap,
iOor of the court house in the City Of Custer.
'ounty Of Custer, Dakota Territory, on saturday,
he 18th day of September, 1887. at 10 O'Clock In
he forenoon OF that day, the real estate and
nOrtgaged premises situate In the County OF
3uster, Territory of Dakota, ana directed In said
Judgment and execution to be sold, and therein
described as follows:
The Penobscot mine, a lead or ledge of g0ld
)eariug quartz located July 80, 1879, by w. G..
iooch, ID. w. Teter and j. 5. Mead, ana location
certificate filed for record August IL, 1879, said
nine being situate on Greenwood gulch near
Nidrille. in Custer (now Coles mining district
nd being a full claim 800 Y 800 feet, together
With all the dips, spurs and angles and all the
mineral bearing quartz, rock and earth therein.
Also one 2H-stanp mill Tor crushing and reducing
ores, situated IN Greenwood gulch, IN said min
ing district, and known as and called the Pen
0bScot mill, together with all the machinery
tlereof and ali implements and appliances be-
longing thereto. Also the water right on Green
wood gulch and that taken from Coles Fork for
Use In operating said mill, and the bitches, fumes
and boxes by which the same are carried To said
mill, or SO much thereof AS may be sufficient to
satisfy said Judgment and costs, amounting In
all To Three Thousand and Eighty-nine Dollars
and Seventy cents, with interest thereon from
the date OF said judgment and all accruing costs
OF sale.
Dated at Custer City, D.. T., August 9th, 1887.
BENZ. +. PORTER,
Sheriff OF Custer County, ID. T.
VAN CIsE & WILSON, Plaintiffs Attorneys.
First publication, August Is.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Dusky Princes Driving Nails.

An Altoona newspaper publishes the in
teresting intelligence that Alfred Bell, a
son Of King Bell. of CAMERON, has been
~apprenticed to a carpenter of that town
along with three other dusky Africans.
The youth is 10 years old and is said to be
fairly intelligent, reading and writing
very well and speaking English and Ger
man. The Altoona carpenter had sent out
an artisan TO CAMERON to superintend
the erection of the government building
and prison which he had built in wood for
the colony, and thus 1t was that King
Bell got the desire to make a carpenter
out of his son, who is bound for four
years.-New York Star.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Name for n Gem etery.

"We had a dandy time at the bone or
chard," said q young dude, whose collar
rivaled the ordinary cuff in width and
whose dyspeptic appearance indicated that
he was living too fast for his physique.
Bone orchardY' queried the friend whom
he addressed. "What do you mean?'
'Oh, me and my friend go to a grave
yard every night to see the girls and they
flirt with us right along" was the reply
of the young man. So here's another
name for a cemetery. Bone orchard may
be suggestive, but it can hardly be called
respectful as an a%ppellation for q city OF
the dead. philadelphia Call.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN the Matter of the Estates OF Jessie Skinner,
deceased, aud John IA. skinner, deceased.
All persons having claims against the estates
Of either of the said deceased, are required to
exhibit the same, with the necessary vouchers,
10 the undersigned, Executor and AdminiStrato
II said estates, at his Office In Custer City, In the
COuaty of Custer, Territory of Dakota, aud that
iour months have been limited as the time for
3reditors TO present their claims against said
estates.
Dated the 9TH day % July, 1887.
JSO. 4. THOMPSON,
Administrator of the Estate Of Jon III. skinner
dec 'lscd; and Executor OF the Estate of Jessie
skinner, deceased.
FIRST publication, July 8.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Cultivating the EdeIweiss.

The threatened extinction of edelweiss
and other Alpine flowers a short time ago
led to the founding of gardens and in
closures for the cultivation and pi protection
of these plants. At one Of these mountain
stations, at a height of about 7, 800 feet,
plants of the Pyrenees, the Himalayas and
the Caucasus are cultivated, as well as
those of the Alps.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
Societies.
4. r Il 4. VI.

A.. r Il 4. NJ.
Custer city odgc, No. &c, A. F. Il A. NJ, meets
IN Masonic han IN regular communication on
the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
s, NJ. BOOTH, w. NJ.
+. J. V. RyTKowsKI, Sec,
a.. Il. r..
Gen. Steele Post No. % meets in regular session
on the LIST and 3rd Fridays of each month at the
Court House Hall at 1880 p. IN. Visiting mem
bers will meet with a hearty welcome.
s. NJ, BOOTH, Commander,
AT FEAY. Adjutant,
4. q. q. r.
Fidelity Lodge Of /. O. q. r. meets at the
Court. House at 1870 p. III. Saturday evenings.
J, G.. CARR, w. &. T. G. r.. BoYDEE, w, s.
". Z. r. a..
The Womans Christian Temperance Union
meets on the LIST and 3rd Thursdays of each
EIonth at 3 O'Clock y. IN. in the Methodist
Church Ladies are cordially invited to attend
our sessions.
Mrs. A, YERKEs, Prest.
MISS II. f. L. DENNY, K. S.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05

Clerk OF Court. j.. V. Rutkowski.
District Attorney--W. ii. Frye.
Commissioners--S, NJ. Booth, J. Il. Street, j. Ii
Humphries,
Sherif--Benj. +. Porter.
Register of Deeds--Jos. K. Pitcher.
Treasurer--E. III, Flynn.
Assessor--Samucl r.. Maddox.
Judge Of Pr~oDate-Cyrus w. Robbins.
Coroner-J, l.. Conant.
Supt. Of Pub. Instruction-Willis G. Bower.
J Justice ofthe Peace. M. Lewis, Custer.
Constable--Jas Scott. Custer.